British television intellectuals : unusual kinds of star /
This book explores for the first time the rise of one of Britain's least-recognised but most significant television genres. Working within the frame of public intellectual theory, it tells the story and analyses the means by which 'unusual kinds of star' became Britain's TV intel...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA :
Intellect Books,
2026.
|
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Being a television intellectual : an 'unusual type of star'
- Civilisation to Civilisations : benchmark events
- Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man : a feeling for language
- Jonathan Miller's Atheism : irony and unshakeable disbelief
- Marcus du Sautoy's The Story of Maths : solving problems as triumph and tragedy
- Niall Ferguson's The Ascent of Money : landscapes of threat and opportunity
- Simon Schama's 'The Two Winstons' and 'The Second Moment of Creation': then and now
- Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome : legend as history, history as myth
- Alice Roberts' Digging for Britain and Pam Cox's Servants : reaching for the audience
- David Olusoga's 'First Contact' and 'The Cult of Progress': imperial conquistadores or trading partners?
- Janina Ramirez's and Alastair Sooke's 'Beirut': barbarism, tourism and layered identity
- Brian Cox : Seven Days on Mars : expert identities
- British television intellectuals : 'a gateway to something else'
- Coda. Tim Winton's Ningaloo : 'resisting the false shape of closure'.